Stoner to retire

[Duke girl]

Hope he doesn't, it'll give him more motivation to come back.

The grass is always greener and whatnot, when his son starts being a little shit, he'll be back on a bike (probably won't be a honda though).

Shows you how much you know about Stoners child cos its a Daughter he has not a son.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Shows you how much you know about Stoners child cos its a Daughter he has not a son.

I'm guessing he's assuming Stoner and his lovely wife will eventually have lots of babies...with one of them ending up being a boy.

[worm13]

I'm guessing he's assuming Stoner and his lovely wife will eventually have lots of babies...with one of them ending up being a boy.

with a wife like that.... hmmm tempting id say!

[tigertim20]

wow,

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/motogp/18108872

fucked if im reading all the pages, but thsi is not big news at all.
Stoner has been quoted several times as having said that he would not be in the sport long enough to contest rossi's number os championships when asked if that was a goal he would like to acheive.
Yes, he is talented when he is on his game, but we are talking about a guy that burst into tears and ran away home, and refused to race mid season - hes great when things are good, but lacks the mental fortitude to grit through the really tough shit.

The most annoying thing is you will hear the stoner lovers after this season
"Rossi?Lorenzo/Pedrosa/whomever are only winning cos stoner's not there".

[Crasherfromwayback]

The most annoying thing is you will hear the stoner lovers after this season
"Rossi?Lorenzo/Pedrosa/whomever are only winning cos stoner's not there".

Yeah I know the truth can be at times annoying.

[ducatilover]

Agree with you 100%. When the love is gone it's gone. All of the traction control, crt, fuel limits etc etc...he's obviously sick to death of it all. Never struck me as a guy that was interested in hanging around trying to beat records etc.

Hope he bows out on top. That'll be something Rossi will never match.

He'll never match what Rossi has done anyway, so let the whinging twat fuck off and stop bullying my possibly gay curly haired wog hero

[Motu]

26 years old and over 20 years racing motorcycles - just go and get a life Casey.

[HenryDorsetCase]

Good for him: its his decision and so its the right one. Hopefully he won't do a Schumacher and come back in 7 years.

I hope he wins it this year too.

You might find him racing flat track out of a van in a few years just for giggles.

[tigertim20]

26 years old and over 20 years racing motorcycles - just go and get a life Casey.

that actually seems like an almost perfectly balanced life to me!

[Zedder]

He'll never match what Rossi has done anyway, so let the whinging twat fuck off and stop bullying my possibly gay curly haired wog hero

Winning 32 out of 35 dirt track races and 5 Aussie titles in one weekend at age 12 aint too bad......

[ducatilover]

Winning 32 out of 35 dirt track races and 5 Aussie titles in one weekend at age 12 aint too bad......

That's pathetic, I'd smash him.



He's not bad I s'pose.

[ktm84mxc]

Gotta love Crashers views on racers, he wouldn't be an Aussi ?.
Can't stand riders who get up and bleat about their bikes/races the modern bikes have made it possible with the electronic aids for more riders to get on the pace. Has this been to the detriment of the sport?
Were would Stoner rate in the all time greats ? lets make it easier say from Sheen, K Roberts era to now.

[codgyoleracer]

fucked if im reading all the pages, but thsi is not big news at all.
Stoner has been quoted several times as having said that he would not be in the sport long enough to contest rossi's number os championships when asked if that was a goal he would like to acheive.
Yes, he is talented when he is on his game, but we are talking about a guy that burst into tears and ran away home, and refused to race mid season - hes great when things are good, but lacks the mental fortitude to grit through the really tough shit.

The most annoying thing is you will hear the stoner lovers after this season
"Rossi?Lorenzo/Pedrosa/whomever are only winning cos stoner's not there".

HaHa, i like your style,,,,,,,,, I just wish you knew what you were talking about.

[scott411]

Good for him: its his decision and so its the right one. Hopefully he won't do a Schumacher and come back in 7 years.

I hope he wins it this year too.

You might find him racing flat track out of a van in a few years just for giggles.

i got the pleasure of watching Troy Bailess race at his local dirt track club for hte first time in 10 years earlier in the year, (in a Town called Taree a few hours north of Sydney) my first experince watching aussie dirt track, he was pitting out of a van and had the biggest smile on his face, looked like he was just having a great time, if Stoner could go back and enjoy racing it would be a good thing imo

[tigertim20]

Gotta love Crashers views on racers, he wouldn't be an Aussi ?.
Can't stand riders who get up and bleat about their bikes/races the modern bikes have made it possible with the electronic aids for more riders to get on the pace. Has this been to the detriment of the sport?
Were would Stoner rate in the all time greats ? lets make it easier say from Sheen, K Roberts era to now.

the problem with the discussion tha technology has made riders better is twofold
One, you cant actually compare guys from different eras on the same machines fairly, as they wont both be in their prime at the same time, and youd need a totally new bike and track to each rider to make a fair test.

secondly, as time passes, we learn more. Most riders will agree that the greatest tool of all is the mind, knowing you can push through that corner with an extra 5km if you need to, knowing where your edege of grip is for the tyres, etc etc. As time goes on more doscoveries are made, and I would argue that as a result, the average racers understanding of bikes, tracks, and all that goes inbetween has greatly increased as well.

Its not just about technology, its about learning. The newer generation takes the stuff that we took 20 years to learn as a starting point, then get to add to it with their own 20 years of experience, and so on.